The impact of recent technological advances on the trueness and precision of DXA to assess body composition

Obesity

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-39

  Toombs, Rebecca J ^a   Ducher, Gaele ^a   Shepherd, John A ^b   De Souza, Mary Jane ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BONE DENSITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DENSITOMETRY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; REVIEW; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84655167641     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2011.211     Document Type: Review

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